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grievances, settled / withdrawn legal actions, lost cases, Norovirus, etc.

deaths - 2018

injuries/crimes – 2017 (sexual)

Date

Accident

15 October 2018

Crew / Passenger Deaths

On October 15, 2018, the body of a female passenger (in her 30s) was discovered in her stateroom. The Finnish woman was found by cruiseferry's hotel staff during cabin cleaning, after the ship docked in Turku Finland (~7:15 pm).

On Oct 16, Finnish police announced there was no crime involved and that the cause of death will be investigated. The woman traveled together with her husband, who disembarked the ferry in Turku on his own, without notifying anyone about his wife's death. He was soon located (in the harbour area) and taken into custody.

(sexual) On September 30, 2017, a male passenger (Finnish) was arrested by the police in Stockholm (Port Vartahamnen). The man was charged with alleged sexual assault - rape of an younger female passenger (Finnish) on the ferry. The woman was transported by the police to hospital for examination.